Deductions from final pay cheque

LegacyUser

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone of you would know if an employer can deduct hours you have spend doing a course that she made you do for business purposes.

Bit of background my colleague finished up last Friday, today his final wages, due to be paid on Thursday were being calculated.

Our boss instructed the other girl in the office she wants the following deducted from his final amount:

The holiday allocation he has used that was calculated on the basis he was there until Dec31st. - this was expected and fair
The cost of doing two courses that you had to do in order to work there but it does state on our contract that if you leave less than 12 months from the date completed you would have to refund the cost of the course - again expected and fair enough

The hours you were at the course so if you got paid for the time the course started until it finished, not including the travel. The reason there is an issue with this it does not state that anywhere on our contract plus had he not been at the course it would have been a normal working day for him and he would have actually been paid for a full 8 hours and not six.

Is this the norm cause to say he is a bit upset is an understatement!!

Snakeweasel

Work made him go there. It is work. He should be paid for those hours.

Love2love

I think, open to correction but overpayment of wages is the only duduction that can be made without the approval of the employee. So if he was made attend during work hours, then it's not an overpayment.